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1. Custom music 2. Patreon 3. Music production for other people 4. Composer assistant 5. Teaching music 6. Instrument recording 7. Music licensing 8. Music education and tools (courses, sample libraries etc) 9. Affiliate links 10. Manage other composers

Dude this might be your most valuable, well-produced piece of content on KZfaq. So good.

All been said already, but this video is phenomenally helpful. I've never seen someone literally pick through their actual income statements to show what freelance is like but it's extremely interesting and contextualized every one of your points brilliantly!

Bold but valuable move showing the spreadsheet at the end, it makes me as a viewer geneate trsut with you in a mini world like KZfaq where everyone is only trying to clickbait you and beg for a subscribe

I wish I could like this video 400 times. Hands down one of the best videos I’ve seen on KZfaq.

I think the most important thing for new music composers is to have a plan for increasing their skills. Maybe that means learning a new song every week or composing one every week. Then posting said progress on social media. Going straight to business seems like a bigger step because most people are not going to start off knowing people in the business. Gotta spread the word. Maybe another video could be how to make contacts in the music industry? I thought this video was very informative with how composers make their living.👍

This is the most helpful channel I've ever watched! Thank you, Steven!

Your speaking/host voice is incredibly professional. The cadence is perfect.

this is definitely Patreon content. it should not be free on youtube like this. I really do appreciate it. It was a ton of help.

Oh my god, this is one of the most helpful videos I've ever seen in my life I always thought that I could never make any money with my music, but now I'll at least have the motivation to try Thanks so much!

In light of your newest video, I'm going back and rewatching some of your older videos I might have missed and I have to say... I think your channel as it is, in a lot of ways, is what I want my channel to be, albeit with somewhat different visuals. But the substance and quality of content is all there. Kudos, Steven!

This is a really well-made video, great job!

Great stuff man! I earn money money with music other ways and I am definingly looking for new ways to earn money. Thanks for the info. Subscribed!

This is by far one of the greatest video that I have watched in regards on how grow your music business. Thanks Steven. I was just wondering, how can we get a session for a personal coach about this matter.

From color sorting game music to Shazam to how to make money as a music composer ,this is how I reached here😀

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Great content though! Thank you for sharing this!🎉

Excellent stuff Steven. Just now going through all this on your website. Awesome that you are sharing this with everyone.

really love your stuff, well done.

Still practicing your social distancing or you figured out you were had yet?

This is great Steven! Super helpful and encouraging as always :)

Thank you! Great content!

Fantastic video, thanks a lot

£6000 a month that’s insane!!! Have you got 10 kids or something!!!!! I would be really, really glad to earn £1000 a month as a musician, maybe £1500 if I had kids!!!!!

I don’t see any links of your music. It’s kind of hard to know what you’re talking about. Looks like you got a lot going on elsewhere besides producing music.

Awesome! Thanks!

Love this guy! Been following him ever since I discovered his course on game music on Udemy. He's a genuinely nice guy who will give you a straight up answer if he finds the time, even on his old stuff. Really enjoy watching his channel explode! Does anyone know what that yellow book behind him is at about 19-20 minute mark?

Great Video, I like your spreadsheet template

Hey there thanks a lot for the video it was so helpful ! I had a question concerning music rights and licensing ! With my band, we are affiliated to collection societies for our country because we have quite a bit of shows, radio and TV and we write music for film so we get income from that. However, I was looking into finding places to get our music licensed so it can get into adds or series, but the companies I looked into like epidemic sound ask you not to be signed with a collection society, because it's "license-free" . What companies would you recommend sending our music to so we can keep our rights?

Super helpful

beardblade fun game with this composer music

Speaking of services, if you want me to edit the color and exposure (and maybe image stabilization) on your clips, I can do that :)

Hey steven this might be a stupid question, but I was going to ask why are the buisness expenses so high? I always thought that the advantage to this type of buisness models was that the costs are generally pretty low. I was just wondering what exactly constitutes as buisness expenses, since it can take up 80% of the gross income.

Epic!

How does one know when BMI or whomever is responsible pay you out on the royalties? How does the exact process work? For instance youtube content, if monetized, how will one know when and how to collect your royalties? Is it first copyright the music, then stream or what would be the science in process?

thank you

question - did you EQ the audio on this by boosting the bass? It sounds WAY too boomy... :/

Step 1: have and audience

How do you find clients?

Hi.How r u? Can you help me about music's festivals? I want to grow up my experience and my Cvs.I dont know how to finde free music festivals for composers or producer.You know any websites about online music festivals for sign up? I work just one horror short film and that win rewards.I know I can grow up in any type of musics but I dont find festivals.Thank you for helping me🙏❤

Ugh that's so much to have to do at once to be able to support myself... I really do need to marry rich that would be so convenient then I could just have fun doing the thing I love and not have to worry about all this

my flute teacher has already said she can't hear my vibrato or tone via online music lessons so it's trickkkky :(

This is pure BS.

I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt until you said teaching is one of the easiest ways. No, no, no. If it was easy everybody would be doing it and it certainly is nothing like easy. You have to have a ton of skills, experience, knowledge, persistance, resilience, patience, intelligence and creativity to do ANY kind of teaching, be it one to one or groups, informal or formal education. It’s taken me about 10 years just to even get started.....Maybe I’m living in the wrong place but where I live people want everything for nothing or they have fortnightly lessons as thats all they can afford. Even then, they OFTEN quit because they haven’t space in their heads to even think about music because they are just trying to get by ya know....

Bro

Do you need a degree to be an anime music composer?

Not where I live mate! You cannot charge hundreds for anything where I live, let alone original music or production!!! Music is a luxury and its always (in my experience) the FIRST thing to go when there is any sign of trouble in peoples lives. What planet are you on? Planet California or somethin......sorry but it sounds like u live in a completely different universe. Tell u what though if people can be this greedy then it does give me a bit of hope that I could earn some pocket money doing what I love??

This is absolutely disgusting. Shame on you.

This sounds fishy

Well if your looking for another composer assistant. Let me know ill give you me contact info